Twitter exploded last night after Katie Price admitted her disabled son's treatment costs the Government "up to £1,000 a day".

The former glamour model clashed with loud mouth columnist Katie Hopkins over the revelation in Celebrity Big Brother and fans of the show took to Twitter to call Katie "Scrooge" and claim she should be paying the cost herself.

Katie, whose 12-year-old son Harvey is blind and has a condition called septo-optic dysplasia, is also autistic.

During a conversation in the house with Nadia Sawahla, Katie admitted that her son's driver, who takes Harvey to school in London, is funded by the Government and he also has a nurse that sits in the car with him on the journeys.

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One fan on Twitter blasted Katie, writing: "Is Katie Price taking the p**s? A multimillionaire has her sons disability benefit paid for by the taxpayer @David_Cameron have a word #CBB."

Another posted about the busty businesswoman, tweeting: "£40 million in the bank, but the taxpayer is still paying to ferry Katie Price's kids around. Modern Britain," while another wrote: "Not impressed she gets taxpayer money to care for her son :(."

"Do you know how f***ing expensive that would be… it would be up to a grand a day," the mother-of-five retaliated.

But Katie argued back, saying: "With the amount you earn I find that tricky, when you could afford it yourself."

She added: "If you can to pay for something you should pay for it, you shouldn't rely on the Government… I think that’s wrong."

Fellow CBB housemate Michelle Visage also agreed and Katie later discussed the topic again, saying: "That was about my kids so it was a little bit close," she also added that Katie Hopkins was "not a politician, so I'd have this conversation with a politician."

We asked Mirror Celeb readers whether they thought Katie should pay the cost herself and 57 per cent of you said YES, compared to 43 per cent who said NO.